Monday, February 19th
1:00 – 3:00 PM
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE
$11 IN ADVANCE HERE OR AT THE DOOR
All animations (except Hybrids) screening as part of Mind-Blowing Animations.
A LOVE LETTER TO THE ONE I MADE UP
Directed by Rachel Gutgarts
(Israel / 2017 / 6mins / DC Premiere)
A lonely walk home is intertwined with an underwater fantasy world.
Cabinet
Directed by Tandis Shoushtary
(USA / 2017 / 1min / DC Premiere)
A handrawn vérité animation, detailing events surrounding a kitchen cabinet.
Count Your Curses
Directed by Lorène Yavo
(Belgium / 2017 / 8mins / DC Premiere)
In a town where supernatural beings are part of everyday life, two roommates face a recurring problem.
Critical Living
Directed by Alex Widdowson
(UK / 2017 / 8mins / World Premiere)
The Philadelphia Association community houses attempt to offer the true meaning of asylum. These therapeutic communities are aligned with the Critical Psychiatry movement, questioning the medical understanding of personal distress.
Death of a Father
Directed by Somnath Pal
(India / 2017 / 10mins / DC Premiere)
When Babu’s father passes away, he is caught in a web of age-old rituals and social formalities. As he looks for opportunities to cope with the loss of his father, death ends up being just another mundane routine for Babu.
DIGITAL TRAUMA (and the Crystal Image)
Directed by Maria Molina
(Netherlands / 2017 / 8mins / DC Premiere)
What consequences does access to a digital memory have for post-conflict societies?
Honk
Directed by Triet Le
(Vietnam / 2017 / 3mins / DC Premiere)
An animation about abusive honking in Vietnam.
HYBRIDS
Directed by Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
(France / 2017 / 6mins / DC Premiere)
When marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change…
KCLOC
Directed by Ninaad Kulkarni
(USA / 2017 / 3mins / DC Premiere)
What does time mean to you?
Laymun
Directed by Catherine Prowse, Hannah Quinn
(UK / 2017 / 5mins / DC Premiere)
A gardener in a Middle Eastern war zone, fighting the destruction around her with life-giving plants.
Ming
Directed by Danski Tang
(USA / 2017 / 3mins / DC Premiere)
A Chinese student’s experience as a live figure model while abroad.
Missing Connections
Directed by Vince Dixon, Steele Stewart
(USA / 2017 / 4mins / DC Premiere)
Everyone has their own beautiful and complex story. But if we don’t look, we’ll never see it.
Negative Space
Directed by Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
(France / 2017 / 5mins / DC Premiere)
My dad taught me how to pack.
THE GREEN BIRD
Directed by Pierre Perveyrie, Maximilien Bougeois, Marine Goalard, Irina Nguyen-Duc, Quentin Dubois
(France / 2017 / 7mins / DC Premiere)
A Green Bird lays its first egg. It’s going to try everything to make it hatch.
The Shepherd
Directed by Natalie Vinciguerra
(USA / 2017 / 6mins / World Premiere)
A lonely shepherd struggles with turning into a werewolf.
Ugly
Directed by Nikita Diakur
Germany / 2017 / 12mins
An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief.
Unexpected Discoveries
Directed by James Mabery
(USA/2017/2mins/DC Premiere)
A young fellow finds himself stumbling upon an ordinary flashlight that allows him to explore other places.
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